SAN LUIS OBISPO- The Loyola Marymount Beach Volleyball team (22-5) upset the No. 3 ranked Bruins, 4-1, after falling short in a tight loss to the No.1 ranked USC Trojans, 3-2, in day one of the Center of Effort Challenge.
#6 Loyola Marymount 2, #1 Southern California 3
1. Tina Graudina/Hailey Harward (USC) def.
Megan Rice/
Reka Orsi Toth (LMU) 21-8, 14-21, 15-12
2. Sammy Slater/Megan Kraft (USC) def.
Avery Poppinga/
Marine Kinna (LMU) 19-21, 21-19, 15-8
3. Julia Scoles/Delaynie Maple (USC) def.
Selina Marolf/
Abbey Thorup (LMU) 21-13, 21-13
4.
Vilhelmiina Prihti/
Macy Gordon (LMU) def. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) 21-18, 21-16
5.
Isabelle Reffel/
Jacinda Ramirez (LMU) def. Mollie Ebertin/Sunny Villapando (USC) 21-16, 21-14
Match Notes:
Loyola Marymount 22-5; National ranking #6
USC 25-1; National ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,4,5,2,1)
#6 Loyola Marymount 3, #3 UCLA 2
1. Megan Rice/Reka Orsi Toth (LMU) def. Abby Van Winkle/Lexy Denaburg (UCLA) 21-17, 21-17
2. Avery Poppinga/Marine Kinna (LMU) def. Devon Newberry/Jaden Whitmarsh (UCLA) 21-19, 24-22
3. Vilhelmiina Prihti/Macy Gordon (LMU) def. Lea Monkhouse/Jessie Smith (UCLA) 21-18, 22-20
4. Sophie Moore/Natalie Myszkowski (UCLA) def. Abbey Thorup/Selina Marolf (LMU) 21-19, 19-21, 15-11
5. Marlie Monserez/Rileigh Powers (UCLA) def. Jacinda Ramirez/Isabelle Reffel (LMU) 21-15, 21-16
Match Notes:
Loyola Marymount 23-5; National ranking #6
UCLA 26-3; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (15,3,2,4)
Next up: The Lions will remain in San Luis Obispo for day two of the Center of Effort Challenege, as LMU will face No. 4 ranked Florida State at 12:30 p.m. PST, followed by No. 11 ranked Cal Poly at 4:15 p.m. PST.
